NVP vProxy: O backup de VM está fazendo backup do espaço em disco não alocado como dados alterados

Por exemplo, uma VM tem a seguinte configuração e uso de disco:

Durante os backups de VM, o seguinte é registrado no registro da sessão de backup da VM:

YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:26Z INFO:   [94] Queried CBT data relative to '52 68 e2 45 c1 72 2a 28-60 2b 7c d3 20 2f b1 7c/45', for 'Hard disk 1'.
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:27Z NOTICE: [94] Blocks were realigned to 0 KB boundary.
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:27Z NOTICE: [94] Used bytes = 160410107904, changed bytes = 113753849856, change rate = 070.91%.
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:27Z INFO:   [94] File block exclusion: No objects to exclude from the backup
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:29Z NOTICE: [94] Blocks were realigned to 0 KB boundary.
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:29Z INFO:   [94] Queried CBT data relative to '52 c5 cb 19 01 05 07 a7-33 ad 3c 83 ed ae 88 f3/45', for 'Hard disk 2'.
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:29Z NOTICE: [94] Blocks were realigned to 0 KB boundary.
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:29Z NOTICE: [94] Used bytes = 15393120845824, changed bytes = 14654092869632, change rate = 095.20%.
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:29Z INFO:   [94] File block exclusion: No objects to exclude from the backup
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:29Z NOTICE: [94] Blocks were realigned to 0 KB boundary.
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:29Z INFO:   [94] Queried CBT data relative to '52 cd 0c c4 5d e0 d4 23-7a c3 98 f3 cc 1f 45 63/45', for 'Hard disk 3'.
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:29Z NOTICE: [94] Blocks were realigned to 0 KB boundary.
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:29Z NOTICE: [94] Used bytes = 966305775616, changed bytes = 965150244864, change rate = 099.88%.
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:29Z INFO:   [94] File block exclusion: No objects to exclude from the backup
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:30Z NOTICE: [94] Blocks were realigned to 0 KB boundary.
YYYY-MM-DDT22:00:30Z INFO:   [94] Queried CBT data relative to '52 eb e8 e1 8c 3d ea 1d-ff 5d 73 da 9e 91 d0 39/48', for 'Hard disk 4'.
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ NOTICE: [94] Blocks were realigned to 0 KB boundary.
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ NOTICE: [94] Used bytes = 268405047296, changed bytes = 263489847296, change rate = 098.17%.
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ INFO:   [94] File block exclusion: No objects to exclude from the backup
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ NOTICE: [94] Blocks were realigned to 0 KB boundary.
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ INFO:   [94] Queried CBT data relative to '52 f7 ec 4d 6b 8e fb bb-93 5b 29 53 9a 78 6e e0/45', for 'Hard disk 5'.
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ NOTICE: [94] Blocks were realigned to 0 KB boundary.
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ NOTICE: [94] Used bytes = 78411005952, changed bytes = 32001884160, change rate = 040.81%.
…
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ INFO:   [94] DiskStats: Disk Label    |  Mode  | Bytes Moved |  Read Rate   |  Write Rate  |     Overhead  |   VDDK Wait   |   Total Time  | VM MORef  | VM Name                       
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ INFO:   [94] DiskStats: ------------- | ------ | ----------- | ------------ | ------------ | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------------------------
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ INFO:   [94] DiskStats: Hard disk 3   | hotadd |     899 GiB |    491 MiB/s |    179 MiB/s |       0:00:17 |        4.4 us |       1:27:52 | vm-11883  | VM_NAME                  
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ INFO:   [94] DiskStats: Hard disk 4   | hotadd |     246 GiB |    559 MiB/s |    238 MiB/s |       0:00:18 |        4.1 us |       0:21:06 | vm-11883  | VM_NAME                  
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ INFO:   [94] DiskStats: Hard disk 1   | hotadd |     106 GiB |    776 MiB/s |    222 MiB/s |       0:00:19 |        4.5 us |       0:10:29 | vm-11883  | VM_NAME                  
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ INFO:   [94] DiskStats: Hard disk 5   | hotadd |      30 GiB |    662 MiB/s |    147 MiB/s |       0:00:19 |        4.5 us |       0:04:12 | vm-11883  | VM_NAME                  
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ INFO:   [94] DiskStats: Hard disk 2   | hotadd |      14 TiB |    604 MiB/s |    252 MiB/s |       0:00:20 |        5.1 us |      16:01:26 | vm-11883  | VM_NAME                  
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ INFO:   [94] DiskStats: Total         |        |      15 TiB |    596 MiB/s |    245 MiB/s |       0:01:36 |       22.7 us |      18:05:08 | vm-11883  | VM_NAME 

Nota: Quase todo o espaço provisionado de alguns discos está sendo calculado como bytes alterados, apesar de ter mais de 50% de espaço livre em disco em alguns casos.

Os registros da sessão de backup da VM podem ser encontrados no vProxy em: 

/opt/emc/vproxy/runtime/logs/recycle/vbackupd/date
 

Os registros da sessão de backup de VM também podem ser encontrados no servidor do NetWorker; No entanto, os registros do servidor do NetWorker estão sujeitos à retenção do jobsdb (72 horas, padrão). Isso significa que 72 horas após a conclusão, os registros da sessão serão removidos do servidor. Os registros do vProxy não são afetados por isso.
 

Linux: /nsr/logs/policy/PolicyName/WorkflowName/
Windows: .. \Arquivos de Programas\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\policy\PolicyName\WorkflowName

Redefinir CBT (Change Block Tracking, rastreamento de blocos de alteração) para as VMs que observam esse problema.
Consulte a documentação da VMware: Redefinindo o rastreamento de blocos alterados para máquinas virtuais VMware vSphere (2139574)

É recomendável envolver o suporte da VMware se for necessária assistência com este procedimento e investigar quaisquer problemas observados com o CBT.